The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1887-08-05
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Our esteemed friend A. A. Sarratt, II North
Pacolet, must have been in bad humor last
Saturday when he pennod his criticisms on
what we said last eek about the progress Of
the Three Cs road toward this place. If any
one can show wherein we expressed in that ar
ticle, the least fear "about tn, road coming to
this town." we should like for him to roint il
out On the contrary we said, in effect, that
we were assured that Il tcas coming here: We,
however, mentioned that there were rumors
aaoat that the line may be changed beyond this
place; and wc repeat it, such rumors are aHoat;
and we challenge Mr.. Sarratt or anyone else in
this county to say where this branch of the
road will interseot with thelmain line of the
Three Cs road. G.,
At the meeting when the @. and c. Midlan d
was merged in the Three Cs road, it was un-
derstood that the road through this topn should
be built from here to Charlotte. Mr.. Sarratt
was at that meeting, we believe, and must have
known that, for although the claims of Gaffney
City and Blacks were ably presented to the
company, Mr.. johnson, Superintendent of the
road then gave the gentlemen who repre-
sented the stock Of this county to understand
we 60 stated after the consolidation was COM
pleted; and il has been 50 understood jR this
community, until Mr.. Ramsour and his Sorps of
surveyors came on the line, ten dsys ago, when
they created the impression that change from
that route may be made, rs they expected to
receive orders to run line from here to Gaff.
ney city. At first, it will be remembered, the
road was to go to Gaffney City, sure, then to
Blacks, sure, and at last to Charlotte, sure;
and n survey was made on the latter route to
Yorkvillc; but now rumor says it may go TO
Gaffney City.
Although we arc in favor of tho Charlotte
connection, we have studiousy avoided saying
anything in the TIMES against either.the Gaff-
ney or Blacks route. We certainly have not
"uscd our paper against the best interests of
the county, in the matter.
We have said before that we had no objec-
tion to the connection at Blacks, if the COM
pany decided upon it; knowing that that
route would give us few more miles of railroad,
and through a section of our county greatly in
need Of railroad facilities.
But VIC fail to see how the route to Charlotte
would put Union off from On almost direct line
to Cincinnati, Chicago, and Charlotte while we
can see how it would put us on a direct line to
Richmond, Washington, Baltimore, Philadel-
phia and New York, and by making the inter-
| section only few miles below Blacks, in York
! County, the "almost direct line to Cincinnati
and Chicago" would be maintained and not in
| terfered with in the least
Dom. you now ses, friend Sarratt, why it is
| rumored that the road "beyond this place" may
be changed? by connecting at Blacks il would
only secure one, Western, outlet, and become
O feeder to the Airline road for the Northern
| freight and travel from this section, whereas,
| by crossing its own track o few miles below
Blacks, it would still control that outlet and at
| Charlotte secure Northern and Eastern outlets,
with all the freight and travel from and TO the
great markets of those sections of our country
and would also be o competing line yitAkRa, Air
line road, which is Of paramount necessity to this
| county.
besides all this, friend Sarratt,S the LIND 10
| Charlotte would pass almost within haling dis
tance of the famous Lockhart Shoals in this
County, and we have many sound reasons for
believing that capitalists having more inhu-
| encc with the magnates of the Three C's road
than yourself, the little Union TINES or q
whole township, arc only awaiting the advent OF
the locomotive at that point to utilize them by
building one or more Cotton Factories ON them,
| which we believe would be as beneficial to the
county at large as the railroad.
We do not advocate Charlotte's interest at
the sacrifice of the best interest of any section
of our own county, and we only represent the
| favorable features of the Charlotte route to let
you know how the railroad cot is likely to
jump, at last, with the confident belief that
what we say to you thus publicly will not have
a feathers weight in influencing the managers
Of the road in locating the route.
Another thing, friend Sarratt VIC are not too
old, or too sclf-conceited, to receive with kind.
ness and even thankfulness any suggestion You
or any other gentleman may see proper to make
| to us, when made in that courteous and gentle
manly manner which has always characterized
your intercourse with US.
| THE RA1NS--DAMAGE TO CROPS
| We have made every effort to learn the true
condition of the crops and water courses in
the county since the heavy rains of last week
In the absence of any direct information from
sections in danger of being flooded, along the
rivers and creeks, we had to depend on per.
sonal enquiries, and the first reports from those
sources were so contradictory and unreliable
that we have delayed to the last moment be-
fore going to press to write any report unless
corroborated. The following, We think, may
| be relied upon:
| The bottom lands at Pipckney, on Broad
River were badly overaowed, and the corn in
that section has been seriously damaged, Mr..
j. c. Farrar has lost his whole corn crop, and